Backgammon Tips Winning Backgammon Tips

Read more about the
Las Vegas 2024 Super
Bowl Streaker!

In extraordinarily simple terms, there are three fundamental plans used. You want to be agile enough to hop between techniques instantly as the action of the game unfolds.

The Blockade

This is comprised of assembling a 6-thick wall of checkers, or at a minimum as deep as you are able to achieve, to lock in your competitor's checkers that are located on your 1-point. This is judged to be the most suitable procedure at the start of the game. You can build the wall anyplace inbetween your eleven-point and your 2-point and then move it into your home board as the game continues.

The Blitz

This consists of locking your home board as quick as as you can while keeping your opponent on the bar. For example, if your challenger tosses an early 2 and shifts one checker from your one-point to your 3-point and you then toss a five-five, you are able to play six/one six/one eight/three 8/3. Your opposer is now in serious trouble seeing that they have two pieces on the bar and you have closed half your inner board!

The Backgame

This strategy is where you have two or higher checkers in your competitor's home board. (An anchor spot is a position occupied by at a minimum two of your pieces.) It needs to be used when you are extremely behind as this strategy greatly improves your opportunities. The better areas for anchors are close to your competitor's smaller points and either on adjacent points or with one point in between. Timing is crucial for a competent backgame: at the end of the day, there's no point having two nice anchors and a complete wall in your own home board if you are then forced to dismantle this right away, while your competitor is getting their checkers home, because you do not have any other spare checkers to move! In this situation, it's more tolerable to have pieces on the bar so that you might maintain your position until your opposer provides you an opportunity to hit, so it will be a great idea to try and get your opposer to hit them in this case!